Cong disapproves Shakeel Ahmed's IM remarks; RSS, BJP furious

The Congress on Monday disapproved of the remarks of party general secretary Shakeel Ahmed and party MP Rashid Masood that the 2002 Gujarat riots had led to the formation of terror outfit Indian......

Cong, RJD, JD-U, Left parties to fight LS polls together in Bihar

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Bihar Congress leaders in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls,......

Mosques, mazar covered on Haridwar kanwar route; removed after flak

Facades of two mosques and a mazar along the kanwar yatra route in Uttarakhand's Haridwar city were on Friday covered with large sheets of white cloth to "prevent trouble" but were removed by the......

Kejriwal resigned but Modi still glued to CM's chair: Cong

Taking a potshot at both Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra Modi, Congress on Sunday said while the Delhi chief minister resigned to fulfill his national ambitions, the Gujarat leader is still glued......

Rural postal life insurance biz zooms

Rural Postal Life Insurance, a scheme administered by the Department of Post for the rural populace, has grown manifold to develop business worth Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) for the 2003-04......

Spectrum allocation is India's largest scam: BJP

Describing the 2-G Spectrum allocation controversy as the biggest scam in independent India that had cost the country a whopping Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion), the Bharatiya Janata Party on......

Govt may take 26% in AMD chip unit

In a special case, the government is likely to provide $234 million (over Rs 1,050 crore) equity support to the $3 billion (Rs 13,800 crore)Advanced Micro Devices-SemIndia fabrication project.AMD......

Govt to create IT research fund

In an effort to make the information technology industry self sufficient, the government is planning to create a research fund to reduce dependence on foreign manufacturers for development of......

Pakistan, Sri Lanka grapple with multiple challenges

IMAGES: Pakistan are traditionally good against spinners. Photograph: Pakistan Cricket Board/X The win against the Netherlands wasn't the most convincing but an inconsistent and mercurial......

PIX: Pak pip NZ via DLS method to keep semis hopes alive

IMAGEs from the World Cup match between Pakistan and New Zealand played at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday SCORECARD IMAGE: Pakistan beat New Zealand 21 runs via DLS method in......

ICC World Cup: Plucky Afghanistan slay Pakistan by 8 wickets

IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Chennai on Monday. SCORECARD   IMAGE: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi can't contain his joy after......

BJP for judicial probe into CWG irregularities

Dubbing the ongoing preparations for the Commonwealth Games as a "basket of scandals", BJP on Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the allegations of money laundering and mismanagement after the......

Rupesh Shah shocked

Former national champion Siddharth Rao of Tamil Nadu caused a flutter, disposing of young aspirant Sourav Kothari of PSPB 4-0 on a day when seven other matches (knock-out main draw of 32) went on......